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Jenny Saul

@jennysaul.bsky.social
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British and American philosopher, living in Canada. Sheffield supremacist. Author of Dogwhistles and Figleaves (OUP 2024). (She/they)

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Jenny Saul @jennysaul.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
So delighted that Talia Bettcher is joining us at Waterloo Philosophy as an Eddie Goldenberg Research Chair, to study transphobia. America's loss is Canada's gain. Elbows up! uwaterloo.ca/news/waterlo...
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Waterloo welcomes inaugural Eddie Goldenberg Research Chairs | Waterloo News | University of Waterloo
Global research leaders choose Waterloo to advance transformative research that supports Canada’s strategic priorities and future prosperity
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Jenny Saul @jennysaul.bsky.social · 07/08/2026
notinourname.org.uk/petition/not...
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Women in support of the trans+ community - Not in our name
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Evan Sutton @evansutton.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
I encourage all of us to have the grace and focus shown in this going up within minutes of the race being called.
Haley Stevens tweet reading

I love Michigan and am so proud to have put up my hand to serve. I spoke with Abdul a few moments ago to offer him my full support as we work to defeat Mike Rogers this November. 

Thank you, Michigan.
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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
Notice DOJ doesn't talk about its efforts to obtain state voter files anymore. They are 0-20 in those cases and today is the beginning of the quiet period -- states can no longer do systematic removals of names from the voter rolls. TLDR: We won!🥳
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Michael Hobbes @michaelhobbes.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
Good-faith concern on this issue would be going, "hmm, professional sports leagues should probably have some standards in place to ensure trans competitors aren't getting an unfair advantage," googling for 5 minutes, realizing every sports league already has those standards and dropping it.
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Inside Higher Ed @insidehighered.com · 30/07/2026
Career Advice | Students as Conscientious Objectors to Generative AI We should listen to them—and treat their objections with respect. By Carla Fehr and Jennifer Saul: bit.ly/3RAWBf1 #EDUSky #HigherEd #AcademicSky
Two yellow sticky notes, stacked vertically on top of one another, say "No" and "AI," respectively.
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
Corporate America is quietly encouraging both Trump’s war and Trump’s tariffs. Why?
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Trump's huge hidden upward redistribution
The truth about Trump's war, Trump's tariffs, and Trumponomics
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Jenny Saul @jennysaul.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
Very excited that this piece I co-wrote with @carlafehr.bsky.social is finally out. Please share widely! www.insidehighered.com/opinion/care...
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Students as Conscientious Objectors to Gen AI (opinion)
We should listen to them—and treat their objections with respect.
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Jenny Saul @jennysaul.bsky.social · 19/06/2026
Yet another reason- if you needed one- not to use LLMs for lit reviews.
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Jenny Saul @jennysaul.bsky.social · 16/04/2026
Sheffield University used to be a wonderful place to work. www.ucu.org.uk/article/1447...
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Sheffield University censured by UK academic community as it continues attacking staff
The University and College Union (UCU) today announced the formal censure of the University of Sheffield by the UK academic community. The union's move comes in response to Sheffield management's unne...
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Being Trans in Philosophy @being.transinphilosophy.org · 08/04/2026
This Saturday we are so excited to present one of four *fully public* sessions of the American Philosophical Association's very last online divisional meeting. No registration needed! & check out the other public sessions on virtual conferencing, contingent faculty, and philosophy in public policy!
April 11, 2026: 12-1:50 PDT / 3-4:50 EDT / 7-8:50 UTC. Being Trans in Philosophy, a zine for and by trans people in the discipline, brings you a live reading and launch party at the 2026 virtual meeting of the American Philosophical Association, Pacific Division. Free online! Public access Zoom link to be posted on https://being.transinphilosophy.org.  Readings by: Imogen Sullivan, Ding, Erin Beeghly, Alex Adamson, Emmie Malone, Amy Marvin, Willow Starr, Roshni Truax, and Perry Zurn.
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Jenny Saul @jennysaul.bsky.social · 19/03/2026
@adriannefblack.bsky.social I have an MA student who would like to discuss your story in a presentation about escaping from echo chambers. He would like to show images of stories about you and an image of your book, but is concerned about displaying your previous name. What would you prefer?
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University and College Union (UCU) @ucu.org.uk · 22/01/2026
The University of Sheffield has stopped paying staff. Not for striking but for refusing to work unpaid to make up for strike days they were already docked for. This is punishment, not negotiation. And it’s completely reckless. www.ucu.org.uk/article/1438...
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Union condemns continued docking of staff pay following strike action at University of Sheffield
The University and College Union (UCU) has today condemned the lockout and withholding of staff pay at the University of Sheffield following lawful industrial action
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Nathan Kalman-Lamb @nkalamb.bsky.social · 25/01/2026
Let us all have the courage displayed by the residents of Minneapolis.
Woman on the right was using her walker to advance into the tear gas
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Judd Legum @juddlegum.bsky.social · 20/01/2026
I’ve been writing Popular Information for 8 years, and this is one of the most important stories I’ve ever published. This is a humanitarian crisis that has gone unreported.
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ICE has stopped paying for detainee medical treatment
ICE halted payments in October, and the situation will persist for at least several more months
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Jenny Saul @jennysaul.bsky.social · 12/01/2026
theconversation.com/why-donald-t...
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Why Donald Trump is telling such obvious lies on the ICE Minneapolis killing
Obvious lies aren’t necessarily failed lies. They can confuse, distract, excite and intimidate a range of audiences. They can also be believed, no matter how obviously false they seem.
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Matt Weiner @mattweiner19.bsky.social · 25/12/2025
the authors of In Covid's Wake quoted Yoel Roth's statement of the view he was arguing against as if it were his view jeezum crow
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Brendan Nyhan @brendannyhan.bsky.social · 19/12/2025
Just from this morning's news. Nothing subtle or complicated about what's happening here.
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Frances Jones @francesjones.bsky.social · 08/12/2025
‘No one seems to care’: scholars decry plight of British Library Historian Peter Mandler said it was “a sorry state when a major piece of public infrastructure like this is hit so badly and no one in authority even seems to notice, much less care”. www.researchprofessionalnews.com/rr-news-uk-c...
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‘No one seems to care’: scholars decry plight of British Library - Research Professional News
Humanities researchers suffer amid “agonisingly slow” recovery from 2023 cyberattack, as strikes cause further delays
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Kate Klonick @klonick.bsky.social · 04/12/2025
Holy shit. Reuters reporting that new admin instructions on visas are if you worked at a platform in trust & safety or content moderation or on fact checking or online safety at an platform you *and your loved ones* are ineligible for H-1B visa. www.reuters.com/world/us/tru...
The cable, sent to all U.S. missions on December 2, orders U.S. consular officers to review resumes or LinkedIn profiles of H-1B applicants - and family members who would be traveling with them - to see if they have worked in areas that include activities such as misinformation, disinformation, content moderation, fact-checking, compliance and online safety, among others.
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Democrats Abroad Canada @demsabroadcanada.bsky.social · 03/12/2025
🇺🇸🌍 The GOP has proposed yet another unconstitutional bill that, if passed, would strip US citizenship from Americans who also hold another citizenship. Martha McDevitt-Pugh, Chair of @demsabroad.bsky.social, strongly condemns Moreno's bill: www.democratsabroad.org/da_statement... 🧵 #DemsAbroad
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Heather Cox Richardson (TDPR) @hcrichardson.bsky.social · 20/11/2025
Before the midterms of 1866, President Andrew Johnson called his congressional opponents traitors and said they should be hanged. Voters were so profoundly moved by his words... that they gave his opponents a supermajority in Congress, and the nation got the Fourteenth Amendment.
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Joshua Reed Eakle 🗽 @joshuaeakle.com · 19/11/2025
Oh my. James Talarico is incredibly skilled in dismantling Christian Nationalists. Get this man in the Senate.
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Chris Hayes @chrislhayes.bsky.social · 18/11/2025
Would love to see someone from the moderate, Majority Dem faction really address and wrestle with the political effects of what Labour has been up to.
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Kris Shrishak @krisshrishak.bsky.social · 10/11/2025
Scientists and scholars in AI and its social impacts call on von der Leyen to retract #AIHype statement. @olivia.science @abeba.bsky.social @irisvanrooij.bsky.social @alexhanna.bsky.social @rocher.lc @danmcquillan.bsky.social @robin.berjon.com & many others have signed www.iccl.ie/press-releas...
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Scientists call on the President of the European Commission to retract AI hype statement
Experts in AI call on the President of the European Commission to retract unscientific AI hype statement she made in the budget speech.
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Greg Sargent @gregsargent.bsky.social · 10/11/2025
Great job, @schumer.senate.gov. You've changed the story from "GOP hurting millions of Americans to please unpopular, failing, delusional despot who's destroying his party" to "Dems are too weak and divided in the face of Trump's strength to take a stand and protect Americans"
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Max Kennerly @maxkennerly.bsky.social · 10/11/2025
The coordinated nature of this—none are facing voters in 2026—means that either Schumer approved it or failed in his job as Senate Majority Leader to stop it. Dems voting "no" get zero credit until they demand a change in leadership. Schumer out as Leader, Durbin out as Whip.
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Greg Sargent @gregsargent.bsky.social · 10/11/2025
This is really good to see: Miki Sherrill just put out a statement sharply criticizing the Senate Dems' pending cave in the government shutdown, ripping it as "malpractice" and a betrayal of the people who are "counting on us to fight for them." Sherrill knows what drove her victory. Wake up, Dems.
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Santiago Mayer @santiagomayer.com · 10/11/2025
I think Senate folders are significantly underestimating how fucking angry Democratic voters are at them
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Mikie Sherrill @mikiesherrill.bsky.social · 10/11/2025
My statement on the proposed Senate deal
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Gabe Ortíz @tusk81.bsky.social · 10/11/2025
“Voters made it clear: the American people want leadership with a backbone. And at a critical moment when they need leaders to stay strong under pressure, the Senate is on the brink of caving on a bill that the American people can't afford.”
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Jenny Saul @jennysaul.bsky.social · 06/11/2025
Ffs
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Dominique Baker @bakerdphd.bsky.social · 25/10/2025
GASP
Screenshot of article that reads: Trump represents our University’s values and ethical convictions like no other. He has not only provided the political climate and resources for the University to turn into the empty shell that it now is, but has also given so many in our leadership the inspiration to crack down on civil and constitutional rights, attack academic freedom and turn their back on common human decency. Screenshot of article that reads: We are denying children gender-affirming care, we made cuts to diversity, equity and inclusion programs and we laid off relevant staff and faculty. We have proven that we have no hard moral principles and no hill on which we will die. Everything we once stood for has now melted into air and been thoughtlessly sacrificed to preserve our organization’s financial and political standing.
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Jenny Saul @jennysaul.bsky.social · 23/10/2025
I'm really honoured by this special issue on my book, edited by @barrettemerick.bsky.social and Ami Harbin! So many fantastic papers. cdn.ymaws.com/www.apaonlin...
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Melanie Richter-Montpetit @mellimo.bsky.social · 18/10/2025
German study shows how far right sets agenda thanks to mainstream parties reshaping their communications to respond to what are initially fringe issues, boosting the spread of these ideas and signalling to voters that these ideas and stances were legitimate shorturl.at/OFfig
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German far right setting agenda as opponents amplify its ideas, study finds
Normalisation of far-right stances likely to affect success of such parties at ballot boxes across Europe, say researchers
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Claire Zagorski, PhD, MSc, EMT-P @clairezagorski.bsky.social · 11/10/2025
A student on TikTok has been documenting her journey with a professor who “wrote” the anatomy textbook and it’s all a bunch of AI hallucinations. She’s saying that, understandably, the students are doing super poorly! Behold what we’re teaching the healthcare professionals of tomorrow:
A diagram of the bones and (some) deep muscles of the hand and forearm. AI says that we only have four digits. It’s also identified a tendon as the median nerve, another tendon as the ulnar nerve, among other issues. An AI generated diagram of the muscles of the neck. It hallucinated the “ennocleidomasid” muscle, and the “anterior scalpalin muscle”.An AI generated diagram of the muscles of the lateral thigh. It says that the gluteus Maximus (the big juicy butt muscle) is on the anterior side. It also points to the quadriceps muscle and says “attattment”. It also says that the same structure is the tibia AND the deep fascia of the leg. An AI generated diagram of the bones of the hand and forearm. This time AI says we have 6 digits. It also says that the radius is the ulnar artery. Among other many issues.
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Aidan McGlynn @aidanmcglynn.bsky.social · 14/10/2025
Society of Applied Philosophy conference is back in Edinburgh next summer, and has @jennysaul.bsky.social and Ishani Maitra, amongst others, as keynotes - the call for abstracts has just gone out.
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The Times and Sunday Times @thetimes.com · 10/10/2025
Gershon Baskin says he got the plan on to the president’s desk but then learnt the Israelis were waiting for a change of administration in Washington
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Biden and Netanyahu were offered same  deal a year ago, says negotiator
Gershon Baskin says he got the plan on to the president’s desk but then learnt the Israelis were waiting for a change of administration in Washington
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Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò @olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social · 13/10/2025
yearly reminder to people insisting that we view Christopher Columbus as "a man of his time" that *the people responsible for the Spanish Inquisition* thought Columbus was out of pocket
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amanda moore 🐢 @noturtlesoup17.bsky.social · 12/10/2025
The inflatables have made it to Broadview.
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Mark Thomas @markthomasinfo.bsky.social · 09/10/2025
“You’re banned, you can’t chant that, you’re nicked for holding a sign, you’re kids are poorer, you’re colder, you have to have an ID card and the racists have legitimate concerns in our island of strangers… now vote for us or Farage wins.”
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Democrats Abroad @demsabroad.bsky.social · 08/10/2025
Calling all overseas Pennsylvania voters! This is your reminder to fill out your Federal Post Card Application (FPCA) now. Filling out this form annually allows you to receive your ballots and vote in any special elections that may occur. Head on over to votefromabroad.org to request your ballot!
A graphic encourages Pennsylvania voters living abroad to complete their FPCA form. The top shows a photo of the Philadelphia skyline at sunset beside a bridge, with large text reading “PA VOTERS ABROAD!” Below, blue and white text says “Fill out your FPCA now! This ensures that you can vote in your election in 2025,” with icons of a postcard, an arrow, and a ballot box. The bottom banner includes the Democrats Abroad logo and VoteFromAbroad.org.
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Governor JB Pritzker @govpritzker.illinois.gov · 08/10/2025
I will not back down. Trump is now calling for the arrest of elected representatives checking his power. What else is left on the path to full-blown authoritarianism?
Donald Trump Truth Social Post: Chicago Mayor should be in jail for failing to protect Ice Officers! Governor Pritzker also.
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Jenny Saul @jennysaul.bsky.social · 01/10/2025
This is a truly wonderful graphic. Note that they even made the worst possible choice with the one on the right.
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Anne Applebaum @anneapplebaum.wsocial.eu · 29/09/2025
An incredibly important election in a tiny country just went the right way. Moldova has resisted a huge Russian disinformation campaign and will not become a Russian puppet state.
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Luvell Anderson @luke-rage.bsky.social · 26/09/2025
wrote something about disagreeable speech. find it here theopinionpages.com/2025/09/thou...
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Thoughts on fighting disagreeable speech in the disinformation age | The Opinion Pages
We are currently at an inflection point, with a nation on the precipice. In moments of national crisis, presidential administrations often soothe a restless population with aspirational rhetoric. Lynd...
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Andrew Lawrence @ndrew.bsky.social · 23/09/2025
i am seriously begging democrats to bring the same smoke to this story that they brought to jimmy kimmel being indefinitely suspended
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Jenny Saul @jennysaul.bsky.social · 23/09/2025
Philosopher Talia Bettcher is starting a new series, responding to misconceptions about trans people. Here's her first, Part 1 of "Are Trans People Delusional?" She's so incredibly clear and careful-- I hope this reaches people. www.youtube.com/watch?v=KyXj...
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Are Trans People Delusional? (Part 1)
YouTube video by Trans Resistance Radio, Los Angeles
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Jenny Saul @jennysaul.bsky.social · 22/09/2025
This is really good and really important. Please share.
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Chanda Prescod-Weinstein 🌌 @chanda.blacksky.app · 21/09/2025
Sounds like the segregationists in Connecticut are having a grand ole time “While waiting for the police to arrive, the old Karen’s friend said, ‘You’re not the minority anymore.'” www.blackenterprise.com/alex-okeefe-...
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Alex O'Keefe, Award-Winning Black Screenwriter, Pulled From Train After White Woman Objects To How He Was Sitting
Alex O'Keefe, an award-winning Black screenwriter, was pulled from a train by the police after a white woman objected to his posture.
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